Pipe carrier support



Sept. 20, 1932. w. F. BossERT 1,878,100

' PIPE CARRIER SUPPORT Filed Jan. .3, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l Z/VVE/VTOR W/f 5 By 5 I 22 -m Y. Dossefl fl 7' TORNE vs Sept. 20, 1932. w. F. BOSSE RT 1,878,100

PIPE CARR'IER SUPPORT Filed Jan. 3. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Wanna Boisevlf r/vrczvrak flTTOR/YEYS.

Patented Sept. 20, 1932 UNITED? A E PATENT; oFF-icE a e nossnn n or Urrc Y oRmn ssiGNon'ro sienna Accnssog com roRA'rIoN, or neuron, N W YO R K, A conronATIoNor lv 3 This invention relates to a new and im proved: support for pipe carriers. v .4

In manipulat ng. rallroad sw tches in ra1l-,

a: road yards and in stations,- the usual method is to provide a series of signal pipes running from a central control station to the different are controlled from a single control station I with the 'result that certain of the signal pipes must be of considerable length in or:

V der to reach to the switcheswhich they con- This necessitates some means of supporting the signal pipesat spaced distances.

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along their lengths so that they can be moved 7 backward and forward with the minimum 'emount of, effort,- th'edifi'erent. switches of and different distancesfromthe controlsta-v tion.

vary and the number of pipe carriers re- 5 quired for I different lengths of signal pipes will also vary. V r The installation of a system ofthis sort necessitates some means of supporting these I pipe carriers andholding them fixed in-posi- The main object of my invention is to-provide a pipe carrier supportwhich will be simple in construction, easy of application,

and yet one which holds the 5 rigidly in position. p

Another object of my invention is to provide a vpipe carrier support which may be easily and conveniently adjusted to .move

pipe carriers transversely of a series-of signal pipes so that v the pipe carriers supporting a particular signal pipe may be placed and secured in alinement for the purpose of allowing that signal pipe to be manipulated with ease.

Another object of my invention is to pro- V and l7.

vide a pipe carrier support in which and as part of the support may be utilized the scrap ends of signal pipe which necessarilyjresult because of the fact thatthese signal pipes mustYbe cut to the exact-lengthto. connect to the switches to which they run.

" I Figure 2 is'a section through; lin 2 2 f Figure 1;] I i .device I have. illustrated a pipe carrier necessity being located at different points The. lengths of the signal pipes will,

. creased or diminished innumber asoccasion a requlres by uslng more "or less of the roller upper end with registering holes '10 and 11-for thereception of a co tter key 12{-.

f a PIPE CARRIER surronr Appli cation filed January 3, 1928. Serial No. 244,206.

Other objects and advantages relate to the" i j size, shape, and arrangement of parts all will more fully appear from theiollowing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which i Figure 1 is aperspective view of my support with a single pipe carrier in position i thereon. 3

, Figure 3lis a section throughline 3-3 of FigureQ." v. Figure 4 is a perspective view othebase plate o fniydevicel j Figure 5 is a perspective view of one ofthe pipe clips used in conjunction with the base plate; q '1 I v- 1 Pipe carriers, assuch, are well known to the art and for the purpose of describing my a wh ch 1s 1n generaluse, 1n position onmy pipe carrier support. The. particular. pipe; carrier illustrated is one which is so d6" signed that the supporting rollers may be insupports, such roller supports being so constructed that if desired one support may car--,

. ry two rollers For the purpose of explainingmy device I will describe apipe carrier which is provided with a single roller. 7 V The pipe carrier consists ofa supporting.

member 1 having legs -2 and 3 which carry outturned feet 4: and 5-;-

provided with bolt holes 6- and ;7.. An elongated slot --8. is provided in supi port {1 above the top ends of legs and 3. The upper end of support 1-" carries a U-shaped slot 9 provided at its A roller 13 having a concave outer rim of a size and shapetoreceive a signal pipe 15 carries opposed trunnions 16 J a] In assembling a pipe carrier two similar supporting members fl are placed on the plpe carrier support spaced relationand the trunnions' 1= and 17 of the roller are positioned in slots 8+8. A guard Q possible because the slots 88 and thesupthe initial movement a of the signal pipe-' -15- can be accomplished with a minimum amount of efiort because theroller-13 may move the length of the slot 8--8 before it begins to revolve on its trunnion's'16- and 17--. The roller '18 is provided to prevent upward movement of signal "pipe 15 without retarding its movement.

As perhaps may best be seen from Figure 2 it .is possible to' assemble supports I1 and the balance of the pipe carrier so that a plurality of rollers 13-13 may be positioned side by side inspaced relation. This being ports 1-'1 are of a width to permit theinsertion of the trunnions oftwo rollers- 1313,

one trunnion entering slot 8j from one side and the other entering slot "v8 from 51 the other side. 1

f'My device, which is particularly designed to supporta series of pipecarrierssimilar V to the ones just above described, consistsof a foundation +22 preferably'made of co- -,--mentand which carries at opposite endsop- -.and -'-32 of a size to 'receive'pipe clips: 3737 hereinafter to be described, such posed anchor bolts -23 and 24 secured therein by hook ends 25 and +26 imbedded in support 22 and carrying on their upper ends threaded portions 27+j My base plate29' consists of an elongated bottom plate 13O, of va lengthgreater than the distance between'a'n chor bolts 23 and 24.. Bottom plate 30 carries at opposed ends slots 3l' slots +31- and 32 extending together approximatelythe fullrlength of bottom plate '30 and being separated by a strengthening web 3,3,.. A plurality of similar bracing members 3l, in this case shown as four, areformed integral with bottom plate 30'. Two opposed bracing Inembers.34 3& are positioned adjacent one end of bottom plate ,;30ff with two other opposed bracing members- 3434: positioned in spaced relation to the first-mentioned bracing members 3434 at the opposite ends of bottom plate 30.

Bracing members 3434 extend upwardly I above bottom plate -SOV and carry on'their inner 'faces arcuate depressions 35' of a s ze to register with a portionof the'circumference of a pipe 36.

I provide a pipe clipq37. L-shapedin form having a bottom portion -38 wider than slots 3l and -32 with a depending elongated boss 39 of a size to fit in slots -31 and 32. Bottom portion 38 has an elongated slot 40 of a size and shape to permit the passage therethrough of an anchor bolt -23' or 2 1 and of a length to permit a longitudinal movement 'with relation to such anchor bolt; The upright portion of pipe clip. -.37-'- carriesout V wardly flaring ears 41 and-e42 which extend outwardly over portions of opposed shape to registerwith a portion of the circumference of a pipe -86.

The functioning of my device is as fol lows; a'p-ipe'clip is placed=in slot 31- with its upright portion registered with bracing members "34 34zfand with its bottom portion 38cpositioned at the'end' of base plate 29,' and a second pipe clip 37' is positioned at the other end'of rbase plate "-29 with its'bottoni portion '38-i I at the end of base plate 29 and with its. upright portionregistering with the bracingbracing members 34-34 and which are of a plates 34--34 at the other end of the'base thenplaced in position as may perhaps best be seen in Figurelg one along one 'edge of base plate -'29-' and the other parallel to Two similar pieces of pipe" I +36 and 43+ of the desired length are the' first along the other side of base plate' i -29, each of them between clijo'sf37- and bracing fmembers -84.- The device} is then placed in position so that anchor bolt 24.-" extends upwardly through a. slot" 40 in one pipe clip -37+' and anchor bolt -23' "extends' upwardly through slot 7 40 of the opposed pipe clip" A washer of a size to extend across slot +40 is'placedon anchor bolt24-- and a nut 45 l is threaded on anchor 'bolt-,'24

tfo'h'old the pipe'jclip -3'Z" in"position. Similarly'a washer -46- and aunt Jim 7 are placedin'position on anchor bolt The desired number of pipe carriers1 are then placed on top of pipes and and leg 2 resting on pipe 43 with the outturned feet 4.' and 5 extending outwardly fromthe top of pipes43 and 36 a suflic'ient distance'so that hook bolts 48 and 4=9,- may-be placed in position with pipe 36, in the hook of hook bolt 48 with the'shank oflhook bolt 48 extending upwardly through hole 7' in outturned 'foot -.'5 and with pipe -43 in the hook of hook, bolt V49. with the shank of hook bolt 49 extending upwardly through *hole 6 in outturned footi l. A washer- 50- anda nut 5lcf are, then placed in position 'on hook bolt +48 to'ljock leg 3 to pipe 536- and similarly' washer "'52 and bolt are placed inposition on hook bolt l9-to lock pipe 43 to leg The description thus given of the operation of securing one pipe carrier to my pipe carrier support would be the same in the case of any other pipe carriers which it was desired to secure to the pipe carrier support.

It will be understood that when the pipe carrier supports l1 are secured to pipes -36 and 43, nuts 45 and'47 may be loosened to permit lateral movement of pipes 36 and l3' in relation to base plate 29 and alsoto allow lateral movement of base plate 29 with reference to support 22. This lateral adjustment provides an easy and convenient way to align a pipe carrier with its correa plurality of pipe sections, and means for j sponding pipe carrier which may be positioned on the next adjacent support.

It will be obvious that, by the use of varying lengths of pipes 36- and 43, provision may be made for supporting a varying quantity of pipe carriersl1.

It will also be obvious that my pipe carrier support may be made of steel or iron or any other appropriate material and that my anchor bolts 23- and 24- may be locked in support 22 in ways other than above described, and it will also be obvious that the length of my pipe carrier support may be varied at will without departing from the spirit of my invention, for although I have shown and described a specific structure and form of part asan exemplifioation of an embodiment of my invention, I do 7 not desire to restrict myself to the exact shape, form or relation of parts as various changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: V V 1. In a device of the class described in combination, a main support, a base plate having a slot, opposed pipe supports on the base plate, an L-shaped pipe clip, one arm of the pipe clip having a slot andan outwardly extending portion adapted to engage the slot in the base plate, the other arm of the pipe clip having opposed outwardly flaring ears, each adapted toengage a pipe'section, a plurality of pipe sections, and means. for securing the pipe sections between the base plate and the pipe clip in spaced parallel relation with the outwardly extending portion of the pipe clip engaged in the slot in the base plate, such means including a means for securing the device on the main support.

2. In a device of the class described in combination, a main support, a base vplate having a slot, opposed pipe supports on the base plate, an L-shaped pipe clip, one arm of the pipe clip having a slot and an outwardly extending portion adapted to engage the slot inthe base plate, the otherarm of the pipe clip having opposed outwardly flaring ears, each adapted to engage a pipe section, 

